This first episode essentially covered most of the stuff that I went through in the demo and then some by delving into Chihiro, Renji, and Yu’s story. Miyako and Hiro’s story seems a little weak here as nothing out of the ordinary really happened in contrast to how Chihiro and Renji’s story concluded in this episode.

I don’t really remember much about the music of this episode as I watched it a little while ago but I will say that the ending is pretty bad. With regards to the art, I’ll say that I’m pretty impressed by it. Of course, it might just look good because it’s the first episode, but I’m really liking some of the stuff that SHAFT has done this episode. I really hope that they’ll keep this up to the conclusion of the series.

I don’t really know how the anime series is intending to wrap up the story of Renji and the others as the first tale. doesn’t really cover their stuff too much (as far as I know). I guess it would work out if they do end up releasing the latter tale. at the end of the year. However, I’m sure we’ll all agree that knowing the story behind a visual novel beforehand vastly degrades the reading experience. So, will they put an alternate ending in the animated series? I sure as hell hope not.

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